Improvement in stud and button-fastenings



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VICTOR CHARLET, OF HCBCKEN, NEW JERSEY;

Letters Patent No. 67,023, dated July 23, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN STUD AND BUTTON-FASTENINGS.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, VICTOR CHARLET, of Hoboken, in the county of Hudson, and State of New Jersey, have invented a. new and useful Improvement in Stud or Button-Fastenings and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilledin the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a bottom. View of myl improved fastening.

Figure 2 is an end view ofthe same.

Figure 3 is a vertical central sectioii of the same, taken in the line :z: z, tig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

This invention relates to a fastening for studs or buttons, which is so arranged that the said fastening-plates project from one side of the shank of the button when being applied, and can he made to project from opposite sides of the same after being applied.

A represents a button or stud of suitable shape, nia-teriahor construction; B is its shank, which is secured to the under side of the button in any suitable manner. To the end of the shank is secured, at right angles with the same, a plate, C, which projects only from one side of the shank, as is clearly shown in fig.,1. Passing loose around the shank B, and swivelled to the button so as to turn easily around the shank, is a. pin or arm, a.

lto the end of which is attached a plate, D, which rests close against the inner face of the plate C, as shown. From the 'plate D projects a. spring-catch, b, one side of which is inclined so that when the plate C is covered by D, the catch b will pass through a slot in the plate C, (see tig. 1.)

This is the position in which the button is to be applied. It is seen that with the arm C D projecting from one side of the shank B, the said arm and shank can be. easily passed through a button-hole. When applied, the button, and with it the shank and plate C, is turned, so that the inclined side of the catch I) will pass under the plate C, and the latter can thus be turned so as to stand opposite to the plate D, as is shown by red lines in tig. 3. The catch b then tits into a notch, e, in plate C, and keeps the parts in position, until, by turning the button, the plates C and D are again placed'one above the other. A knob, d, on the end of the plate, serves to hold the latter while the head and plate C are being revolved. By holding the knob d in one hand securely in pla-ce, and turning the plate C and head with the other, the fastening may be locked open or closed as desired without turning the shank in the button-hole. Instead of the knob d, a short spur may be used to Acatch into the cloth and prevent the plate D from turning further than desired in any one direction.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letter Patent-.

The head A, having the revolving and stationary plates provided with the locking device adapted to be locked open or closed, inthe manner substantially as and for the purpose specified.

VICTOR CHARLET.

Witnesses:

ALEX. F. ROBERTS, J. M. COVINGTON. 

